Surely the Presence of the Lord is in this place

As members of this congregation will you faithfully participate in its ministries by your prayers, your presence, you gifts, your service and your witness?

A sanctuary is any sacred or holy place. Most commonly we think of the sanctuary as the place we gather for worship on Sunday mornings.

But surely the presence of the Lord is with you in all places – from the burning bush to a winter backyard.

This Sunday by revisiting the spiritual practice of “HERE” we will learn to honor the vow of Presence in more ways than attendance at worship. Any place can become a Sanctuary when you bring into awareness the presence of God.

“A fish cannot drown in water,
A bird does not fall in air.
In the fire of creation,
God doesn't vanish:
The fire brightens.
Each creature God made
must live in its own true nature;
How could I resist my nature,
That lives for oneness with God?”
― Mechthild of Magdeburg, Meditations from Mechthild of Magdeburg

HERE can also mean declaring your presence to God – “Here I am … use me!”